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An introduction.

A bit of an introduction to me and my work. Trying to get to grips with this site and myself as an artist.

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Message in a bottle and boomerangs

I always have a strange feeling when writing a blog; whenever I post my experiences, feelings, results of tests, etc. I often feel that the only voice I hear back is my own! I think that writing blogs is like putting a […]

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Stillness

One of the greatest challenges for me at the moment is of stillness. Being unwell and tolerating that, along with its unpredictability, brings it’s own internal activity – frustration, impatience, attempts to bargain and negotiate with an irrational unknown. Stillness of […]

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The Route Here

This blog about my Professional Development Bursary is a little later than planned. When I wrote the application back in February there was quite a few unknowns that myself and the artists involved in the setting up of Paradise Works […]

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Right challenge, right time …

I am very excited that Klas and I will be showing at the wonderful Målhammar next year! We spoke with Ann, who runs the gallery, at Klas’ opening last night and this morning I sent her an email confirming our […]

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Becoming immortal

Immortalizing the sculpture – death is part of life. The humanity of ‘process’ – the cycle of a project starts from an ending, a death of sorts. I gave up working in the way I had been and started with […]

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Lost Pathways

I walked over the Fairways this morning: I did that because I used to walk there when I wanted space, somewhere to reflect, have internal conversations with myself, listen to the birds, look at the autumn colours, and enjoy being […]

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The Contents of the Book (The Text)

I have been writing here in several posts about my latest work “346. A Journey While Staying As Still As Possible”: I have explained how the format, the accompanying model, the visuals and the contents of my book all are […]

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Tangents and Rugs

Sometimes it is impossible to blog. Right from the start I said that whatever I wrote would be honest and true. But that doesn’t mean you have to write EVERYTHING does it? Sometimes the things I would write about aren’t […]

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Kim Yong-Ik by Trevor H. Smith

The fourth 800-word piece informed by seeing Kim Yong-Ik’s ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid’ exhibition at Spike Island, Bristol is by the Bath-based writer Trevor H. Smith. The writers were asked to include the following in the piece: a direct […]

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Kim Yong-Ik by Carrie Foulkes

The third 800-word piece informed by seeing Kim Yong-Ik’s ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid’ exhibition at Spike Island, Bristol is by the London-based writer Carrie Foulkes. For this task, the writers were asked to include a direct quote from the artist, a […]

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catching up

having persuaded the dog to let me type i turn my thoughts to creating this post in which i catch up with the last few weeks.  i glance over to the dog who has taken up her spot in the […]

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If the sun were shaped like a chicken…

A lunch time wonder… …I’ve been invited to go on a light walk as a lunch time thought experiment, a customary event for staff at the Exploratorium. We start the walk huddled at the edge of pier 15. Our guide […]

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A moveable musuem

The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception. I was resident at the museum for 2 weeks in July, based at the Tinkering Studio. A moveable museum I learned so much from being situated in the museum. […]

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